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The Power of a Sincere Compliment
TWO-MINUTE HOMEWOK: About a year ago, I received an incredible compliment from someone whose opinion I value a lot: my mother. “I’m not sure the exact point in your life at which you became my hero,” she wrote in an e-mail. “It has been subtle and gradual. And yet again…you…
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Don’t Settle for the Harbor
“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” —Grace Hopper Take refuge in the harbor when you need it — but, please, don’t linger there. Do not play it safe. Your ship was built to sail, to travel to the depths and nooks and…
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What Do You Want On Your Tombstone?
It’s hard not to think of the inevitable with all those spooky ghosts, goblins and skeletons running around today, isn’t’ it? For me, Halloween is a good reminder about living each day in a way — or trying, anyway — that aligns with my deepest intentions. It’s a day that…
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Dear Fear: It’s Not You, It’s Me (OK, It’s You)
I’ve come to believe that FEAR is — hands down — the single biggest thing that holds us back in life. And it is such a chameleon: in me, it sometimes shows up as over-attachment, other times it masquerades as anger and, in the hardest times, it manifests in a…
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Take the Good with the Bad, Because It’s All Temporary
I don’t know about you, but I find so much comfort in the idea of impermanence. Unless we really, REALLY grab on to it with both hands, most of the bad stuff we encounter is fleeting: all the negative emotions, the roadblocks, the background noise… all the misunderstandings, confusion, frustrations,…
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What is the Life You Deeply Desire to Live?
Show of hands: How many of us know what “the life you deeply desire to live” looks like? For so many, I think it’s not the “living” that’s hardest. It’s the knowing or deciding THE KIND OF LIFE that we most want. Ten years ago, I thought I had mine…
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A Wishbone, a Backbone and a Funny Bone Walk Into a Bar…
When I was younger, I was horrified by the way my mom and her friends always seemed to laugh in the face of tragedy. Sick pal laid up? Ha. Going through a nasty divorce? Oh, that’s a good one. Friend’s mother has Alzheimer’s and doesn’t even remember who her daughter is?…
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Change Does Not Require An Apology
Letting go of people is one of the hardest choices to make. Because once you love, it’s very difficult to un-love. Once you’re invested, it’s hard to un-invest. Saying goodbye — for good — can be heartbreakingly next to impossible. In some cases, the right thing to do is to…
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Thank U, Whoever U Are
I received the sweetest note today from a friend of You Are Not Stuck on Facebook: “Thank u, whoever u are.” I chuckled out loud when I saw that, realizing that I haven’t properly introduced myself to the thousands of people who have joined our community in the past few weeks. So,…
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